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Taketoyo Line Renewable Energy Certificates Purchase

This project is operational in Japan. The source does not give a quantified reduction for this project.

Status
Operational
Estimated reduction
Not quantified in the source
Countries
Japan
Sector
Renewable power
Announced
Not stated
Expected start
2022

About this project

The description is as the source gives it.

Since FY2022, JR Central purchases and uses FIT non-fossil fuel energy certificates equivalent to the approximately 2 million kWh of electricity used annually to operate trains on the Taketoyo Line from Electric Power Development Co., Ltd., achieving net zero CO2 emissions for electric railcars on this line. Evidence: "since FY2022, we have been working to achieve net zero CO2 emissions of electric railcars on the Taketoyo Line by purchasing and using FIT non-fossil fuel energy certificates*1 equivalent to the approximately 2 million kWh of electricity used annually to operate trains on this line, from Electric Power Development Co., Ltd." — https://global.jr-central.co.jp/en/company/environment/contribution.html

Statuses, countries and reductions are as the public source states them, and may be out of date.

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